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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), both up for reelection in 2024, are reportedly heading to Davos, Switzerland, to be part of the United States delegation for the World Economic Forum (WEF). The annual World Economic Forum, where heads of state and executives will meet in Davos as the global economy wobbles on the verge of recession, is set to begin next week. Manchin and Sinema will be a part of this year’s United States delegation, along with a few other senators.

The Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported on Thursday that legal advisers to convicted felon President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are urging him to seek a joint investigation into predecessor Jair Bolsonaro with left-wing American President Joe Biden. The news surfaced shortly before a group of dozens of leftists in the American Congress sent a letter to Biden, also on Thursday, urging him to “cooperate fully with any investigation by the Brazilian government” into Bolsonaro and empower the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to potentially probe Bolsonaro administration officials.

Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that former President Donald Trump was a “proven loser” whose influence on the Republican Party is “fading fast.”Anchor Jake Tapper asked, “What if you were advising Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans right now? What would you tell them to do about the U.S. economy?”Ryan said, “We can make good on our social contract, which I would argue, center-left and center-right, we agree on. We believe in Medicare and Social Security and Medicaid, so let’s make these things solvent. Let’s make them work better. Let’s make them...

Evel Knievel's son Robbie Knievel - who was also known as Kaptain Robbie Knievel - has died at the age 60. The daredevil passed away after being in hospice following a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. He took after his father's career as he was known for his death-defying motorcycle jumps, and racked up a total of 350 jumps over his lifetime. Robbie started at a young age and had his father tutor him in the art of jumping a motorcycle over objects. One of Robbie's most publicized stunts came in 2009 when he jumped over the man-made volcano in...

Ruh-roh-Raggy! Mindy Kaling's adult animated series Velma released on HBO Max Thursday and die-hard Scooby-Doo fans are not impressed. According to the show's tagline, it is meant to be 'the origin story of Velma Dinkley (Kaling), the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang' that 'unmasks [her] complex and colorful past.'

There is a lot of speculation about the recent number of sudden deaths we read about in the news. I'm wondering, what have you witnessed in your own life? Here's what I've seen. 2 years ago, 26 year old brother of a friend died suddenly. Last year my uncle had a stroke. Last week a student from my daughter's school died. Nothing definite, but really makes me think "hmm". What about you? Have you seen anything that seems unusual like this in your life?

Ukraine is burning through ammunition for 155mm howitzers quickly and it is leaving the United States in a bind, according to a new report by think tank CSIS. It could take up to five years for the industrial base to produce enough rounds to replenish American stocks. It is not just cannon shells. Javelin and Stinger missiles could take six to eight years to normalize for the U.S. inventory.

President Biden will welcome Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Friday, a meeting intended to signal a more confrontational approach to China as Tokyo's defense turns south toward the Taiwan Strait.Kishida is pushing for a larger defense role for Japan in the Indo-Pacific region as his country and the U.S. face down threats on multiple fronts: a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan, a nuclear-armed North Korea and Russia's continued assault on Ukraine.Before Kishida's visit, the U.S. and Japan agreed on Wednesday to upgrade their security cooperation by equipping Tokyo with long-range missiles and refitting a U.S....

Podcast host Joe Rogan was blunt in calling leftist billionaire George Soros's vast political power in global politics “terrifying” and equated him to a Batman villain. Soros is like “an evil person in a Batman movie,” Rogan quipped during the Jan. 12 edition of The Joe Rogan Experience with guest and former CIA covert operations officer Mike Baker. Rogan referenced Soros’ gambit to spend millions of dollars to elect leftist extremist district attorneys and politicians in order to advance his radical agenda. “He donates money to a very progressive, very leftist — whether it’s a DA or whatever politician —...

In spite of "news" that seem to show that Russia is losing and Putin is about to die and be overthrown (maybe they'll dig him up and execute him), are you prepared for "Oceania has always been at war with EastAsia", that is, to hear, amazingly, that Russia won? A news source continually pricking the soap bubble that Zelinskiyy is winning, is the British based Alexander Mercouris, whose vlog entries are extremely long, but who is only reporting open news sources which, however, are not censored U.S. "news".

“Elvis’ maternal grandparents were first cousins,” Hoedel wrote of Robert Lee “Bob” Smith and Octavia “Doll” Smith, who married in 1903. According to Hoedel’s book, the deaths were the result of Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a genetic condition passed through generations. “It is known from Elvis’ autopsy that he was ‘a carrier’ for this disorder,” the Michigan-based author wrote, stressing that it “can have debilitating outcomes, even as a carrier.” Such “genetic complications” then “impacted [Elvis’] entire life,” Hoedel wrote — saying it “led to poor health, impacted brain function, compromised bodily functions and damaged organs.” While it was written more...

The free speech issue has gotten dire in the United Kingdom. In this latest example, a man named James Goddard is contacted by police (via postal mail) after they were alerted to one of his tweets regarding pride flags hung along Wembley Way. “These comments are targeting specifically the LGBTQ community and would be considered “grossly offensive” thus being in contravention to Section 127 of the Malicious Communication Act of 2003.” The police commission asks Goddard to set up a voluntary interview “so this matter can be further investigated.” Goddard is given 10 days to reply or else “an evidential...

On this date in 1825, Portuguese divine Joaquim do Amor Divino Rabelo e Caneca — more popularly and succinctly known as “Frei Caneca” — was executed along with seven others in Recife, Brazil for a short-lived revolt against the newly independent state. This revolt unfolded against the backdrop of Brazil’s successful war of independence against Portugal. You’re heard “meet the new boss, same as the old boss”? It was literally true in this case. The heir to the Portuguese crown,* Pedro I, made the unusual career choice of declaring Brazil’s independence from his own dad, costing the House of Braganza...

Most Progressives hate America and most are Racists. I just thought I would state what is obvious IMHO. What could be more hateful than to let your own cities be burned, looted and to turn the perpetrator's right back on the streets (Cashless bail and high thresholds for shoplifting). Indeed, in Nancy Pelosi's nirvana, a jewelry store recently closed after 3 brake ins and seeing the same robbers. Major drug stores have closed up shop there, and the city is becoming a cess pool of crime and filth. What could be more hateful than to drag a beautiful city like...

MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski said Friday on “Morning Joe” that she believes “many Republicans aren’t smart enough” to understand the difference between the actions of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump when handling classified documents. Brzezinski said, “Politically for Democrats, the obvious immediate reaction here is ‘ugh, are you serious? Democrats were on such a roll. Republicans are now going to pounce on this, ugh.’ This downplays the significance of the Trump document scandal, right? I would suggest not so much, not so much at all. Classified documents in private hands is something Republicans downplayed constantly until the...

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last February, the number of Russian citizens with Estonian roots interested in relocating to Estonia has gone up severalfold. Nonetheless, of 46 such applications received last year, the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) approved just four. Latvian Public Broadcasting (LSM) reported Wednesday that the Latvian state wants to repeal its Repatriation Law due to significant interest in it among Russian citizens. Namely, the law provided Latvians and Livonians, or people with Latvian or Livonian forebears, with the opportunity to relocate, or in some cases figuratively return, to Latvia. Estonia has no...

This has been the long-term plan. Use Biden for two years, then get him outta there (somehow) and have Obama's preferred person be president for the remainder of Biden's term and then for TWO full terms thereafter. She's a dope but they don't care. The militant leftist minions in the agencies are running the government. And that's how they like it. 22nd Amendment text: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term...

The study of human history reveals plenty of ideologies that have led to oppression, war, the rise of dictatorial regimes, the destruction of economies and the deaths of millions of people. There were, of course, those who tried to warn the public. They were ignored, silenced or even eliminated. That same pattern is playing out in the United States and other Western nations. The warning signs of looming disaster are evident across our most significant cultural institutions, and they are being widely ignored. These warnings fall into four basic categories. The first is deception: The powerful tell lies of increasing...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A proposal to limit solitary confinement in Virginia prisons advanced out of a state Senate committee Friday before moving to another panel for consideration. The bill, introduced by state Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond), would only allow prisons to hold an incarcerated person in isolated confinement when there is a medical need or to prevent an imminent threat for up to 15 days within 60 days. The proposal faces long odds in the Republican-controlled House of Delegates and didn’t receive GOP support in Friday’s Virginia Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services committee hearing. But Sen. Morrissey thinks his...

It appears Joe Biden’s shelf life of usefulness has finally expired. Democrats were successful in 2020, inserting an crooked politician with dementia into the White House and stealing the election from the most popular sitting president in history. But when Old Joe announced recently that he would run again in 2024 it was too much for the power brokers in the regime. Joe had to go. And so suddenly — after years of corruption, criminal activity, and perversion, the regime this week leaked information that Joe Biden was illegally holding classified documents in his garage and at his offices. Joe...